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this is not easing credit to public religion. ic to not idiosyncratc public religion. host: democrats' line. go ahead. caller: i am the first time at caller. i am a little nervous. it is my observation that if you go to a conservative church, you could be a different religion and be welcome, but if you are not a republican in those ultraconservative churches, you don't feel welcome there. they don't think you have the right to be there at a different opinion on social issues -- and have a different opinion on social issues. --m a member of the union they look at you like there is something wrong with you. i thought the church is supposed to be about christ, not politics. it is my observation that the way it is shifting to the suburbs, politics drives religion more than religion drives politics. guest: interesting point. you see this in the polls. you are talking about megachurches, typically white evangelical protestant churches. . george w. bush had 78% of the white evangelical vote. you look back at the 1980's, white evangelical churches had as many registered democr
this is not easing credit to public religion. ic to not idiosyncratc public religion. host: democrats' line. go ahead. caller: i am the first time at caller. i am a little nervous. it is my observation that if you go to a conservative church, you could be a different religion and be welcome, but if you are not a republican in those ultraconservative churches, you don't feel welcome there. they don't think you have the right to be there at a different opinion on social issues -- and have a...
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the third, i include islam because it is a religion but it is a completely politicized religion. the koran recognizes no distinction between religion and the state. it is taken for granted in fundamental is long -- islam the politics is the facilitator of religion. it universal vision. it is religion-based. it also is a politics first operation. it is a universal political vision in the sense to deism and christianity are not because they see some separation between the state and religion as being important. those are the three universal political visions. there are others that are not universal. there are other universal visions that are not political. those of the three political things in contention for the future. host: john is on the democratic line from tucson, ariz. caller: how is everybody? host: do you have a question? caller: i do not understand this stuff. this is really deep. host: mr. bell, talk about your past work. you worked for reagan, nixon, and ran for congress. guest: i ran for the senate in the state of the jersey. i ran on the tax cut before it had become th
the third, i include islam because it is a religion but it is a completely politicized religion. the koran recognizes no distinction between religion and the state. it is taken for granted in fundamental is long -- islam the politics is the facilitator of religion. it universal vision. it is religion-based. it also is a politics first operation. it is a universal political vision in the sense to deism and christianity are not because they see some separation between the state and religion as...
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. -- guest: we've seen a crackdown against the minority religions and such. china is the country of real concern, and the chen case i think has highlighted how the chinese authorities will go after their critics. chen guangcheng didn't do anything illegal. he was simply detained in his house. not simply. being detained in one's house is not exactly freedom. but his escape highlighted to problems people like chen face in his country. since the developments in the arab world have been acting in a i had no and insecure fashion. and i think there's -- host: let's go to georgia. jane, democrats line. hi jane. caller: yes. it's good to speak to you. this is the first opportunity i have taken to utilize this nice service c-span has. i had one question for the good gentleman that's with you this morning. you're talking about human rights. i'd like to ask the question -- pertaining to why the united states senate doesn't respect the human rights in regards to happened to have 60 streets close down something when the u.s. house of representatives only yawses the 51%. g
. -- guest: we've seen a crackdown against the minority religions and such. china is the country of real concern, and the chen case i think has highlighted how the chinese authorities will go after their critics. chen guangcheng didn't do anything illegal. he was simply detained in his house. not simply. being detained in one's house is not exactly freedom. but his escape highlighted to problems people like chen face in his country. since the developments in the arab world have been acting in a...
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i get the impression that the japanese culture is an eastern, buddhist religion. i was wondering if that mattered into his opinions about the culture being different because it is more of a peaceful culture. guest: i'm not sure the connection i would make -- i am not an expert on religion. i do know that right now japan is a peaceful society. it is important that we not think of culture as static and per minute and all-determined. japan was a very militaristic society and very aggressive. it is the same culture. it has changed a great deal over the past 75 or 80 years. host: larry from kentucky on air republicans line. caller: i heard that last comment about china become a peaceful society. japan? caller: i do not believe that because -- i got two little girls and a wife to worry about. i'm 51 years old and recovered from a car accident where i was hit head-on and i shattered my right leg. i am recovering. a 280-pound man with a knife. i am not going to say, hold it, i have to call the police. there will be lots of bad guys out there because they do not want to go
i get the impression that the japanese culture is an eastern, buddhist religion. i was wondering if that mattered into his opinions about the culture being different because it is more of a peaceful culture. guest: i'm not sure the connection i would make -- i am not an expert on religion. i do know that right now japan is a peaceful society. it is important that we not think of culture as static and per minute and all-determined. japan was a very militaristic society and very aggressive. it is...
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somebody brought up the aspect of romney's's religion religion that would be a liberal thinkg. they criticized obama up and down. they still claim he is a muslim. he was in a christian church and they criticize that. any correction of any kind of historical knowledge would tell you that momrmonism is a cult. thank you. guest: that is an interesting point. i do think there are strict limits people feel on what they can openly criticize one another is religion. that is probably a good thing in politics. it gets to a different level when you start attacking people over religion. when that came up in 2008, it came up in the primary. the issue about reverend righwright and all the talk about the muslim business -- all that was during the primary. john mccain criticized for making a concerted effort by saying i'm not going to talk above reverend wright and the church, and republican said he removed a powerful weapon from his table and should have been able to use it because it informed president obama's spiritual thinking about things. it came up during the democratic primary but not
somebody brought up the aspect of romney's's religion religion that would be a liberal thinkg. they criticized obama up and down. they still claim he is a muslim. he was in a christian church and they criticize that. any correction of any kind of historical knowledge would tell you that momrmonism is a cult. thank you. guest: that is an interesting point. i do think there are strict limits people feel on what they can openly criticize one another is religion. that is probably a good thing in...
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this is a different religion. this is a new religion. it's like is lamb or like buy dism. it's a -- buddhism. it's not a christian faith so i was being interviewed by turkish television and they say what's the big fuss about electing a mormon? i said would there be a fuss in turkey if you elected a catholic or baptist? and their eyes were just -- i say this will be the first person who is not -- either not from the christian faith or no faith. jefferson was -- if i were beginning to describe jefferson, he would be a unitarian on steroids. host: this is michael girth's column on the gender gap issue. romney's woman problems. he says g.o.p.'s main problem is not the concept tiff issue but it is the perception of it becoming too ideal catch. independent voters have seen a party confirming its most damaging stereotype. the composite republican candidate reflecting the party's means has been harsh on immigration, confrontational on social issues and silent on the struggles of the poor. how many women find that profile appealing on eharmony? guest: well, i think that is unnecess
this is a different religion. this is a new religion. it's like is lamb or like buy dism. it's a -- buddhism. it's not a christian faith so i was being interviewed by turkish television and they say what's the big fuss about electing a mormon? i said would there be a fuss in turkey if you elected a catholic or baptist? and their eyes were just -- i say this will be the first person who is not -- either not from the christian faith or no faith. jefferson was -- if i were beginning to describe...
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based on the previous phone calls, a lot of this is focused on religion and i don't think religion is the issue here. it is a very private the leg. -- is a very private thing. if you want to convince somebody that maybe they can go to church if they wanted. we have a whole bunch of religions in the world but i don't think that as a factor. we have to accept people the way they are and move forward. i agree with the college. host: let's move on to florida and our line for independence. caller: caller: i am sick of close religious people saying same-sex marriage is not right. there are so many divorces. they talk about abortion, name me one day a couple that ever had an abortion. thank you very much. guest: thank-you, again, very balance point that the caller is making. these issues are very personal to people. our spiritual beliefs and what we have been taught in our religious institutions are very personal and challenging issues for us in terms of how we want to live. i think both callers make a very valid point which is to step back and look at the level playing field and ask ourselv
based on the previous phone calls, a lot of this is focused on religion and i don't think religion is the issue here. it is a very private the leg. -- is a very private thing. if you want to convince somebody that maybe they can go to church if they wanted. we have a whole bunch of religions in the world but i don't think that as a factor. we have to accept people the way they are and move forward. i agree with the college. host: let's move on to florida and our line for independence. caller:...
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cause of the mormon religion. i think this is a cult. we do not want somebody like that in the oval office. furthermore, as far as newt gingrich is concerned, i do not like him either. i think he is a hypocrite. he did everything he did to attack hillary clinton when he was competing against her for the senate. hillary got the most votes in new hampshire, for example. a college professor in new hampshire, that asked him who he was going to support. he was a democrat. they asked if he was going to support hillary clinton or barack obama. he said he was going to vote for barack obama because hillary is "only a woman." i am a woman. i am a mother and a grandmother. when i married my catholic husband 60 years or so ago and i promised to love and cherish until death do us part, i met it. i stood by my husband because he wanted to marry me and still keep his faith in the catholic religion. i went along with it. i would not vote for either romney or the other person -- that more mman. i want the first lady not to be some
cause of the mormon religion. i think this is a cult. we do not want somebody like that in the oval office. furthermore, as far as newt gingrich is concerned, i do not like him either. i think he is a hypocrite. he did everything he did to attack hillary clinton when he was competing against her for the senate. hillary got the most votes in new hampshire, for example. a college professor in new hampshire, that asked him who he was going to support. he was a democrat. they asked if he was going...
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>> i think that the included the freedom of religion because when the pilgrims came to america, they were being oppressed religiously and that they were hoping that america would one day be the free and everybody would be allowed to practice with their religion they wanted without pressures from the government or other religions. >> you talked about the freedom of the press, what does that mean to you? i see the freedom of the press is the right to -- >> the freedom of the press is to print what ever you want, whether it is newspapers or magazines. that can be against the government. that is great because here in america, we can do that and it is 100 percent legal, which is different from other countries which may be would be wrong. >> as part of the portion about freedom of the press, you mentioned the internet's role. how has that changed people's access to information? >> you can go on google, facebook, twitter, and find anything about anybody. so, i think what it does is it keeps the government officials more reliable because today, we can find anything about them. so, you know,
>> i think that the included the freedom of religion because when the pilgrims came to america, they were being oppressed religiously and that they were hoping that america would one day be the free and everybody would be allowed to practice with their religion they wanted without pressures from the government or other religions. >> you talked about the freedom of the press, what does that mean to you? i see the freedom of the press is the right to -- >> the freedom of the...
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it is not just their religion but a political movement. you cannot deal with a muslim as an apostite because they will make any treaty and it is ok for them to break their word to turn around and kill the apostate. host: is there any truth in that when dealing with muslim nations, either dealing with each other or other countries? guest: what's really important here is that we need to talk about the arab springer. this was a fundamental moment of the past few years in which we saw this massive push in this really indigenous push within egypt, tunisia, and other democratic governments. some of those movements have had potentially scary things. there are some islamic fundamentalist parties that we do not have great relationships with and they understand that can be confusing thing. what obama has tried to do and in his famous speech in cairo is that he wants to deal with these countries and talk to the electorate. now we have an entirely different landscape, but in egypt, libya, and tunisia. relationship with these countries, these are count
it is not just their religion but a political movement. you cannot deal with a muslim as an apostite because they will make any treaty and it is ok for them to break their word to turn around and kill the apostate. host: is there any truth in that when dealing with muslim nations, either dealing with each other or other countries? guest: what's really important here is that we need to talk about the arab springer. this was a fundamental moment of the past few years in which we saw this massive...
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there's too much focus on everyone's religion. we have superstores -- we have superstars that are more men and everyone accepts what they are, who they are. i do think it is important that we have people of more will c- span.org -- people of moral fiber who do not have our tax dollars going to kill anybody. had thewe've centiliters in that regard. i think mitt will do even better than they did, if that's possible. host: having supported mitt romney all along? did you support him in 2008? caller: no, i did not. host: you were for john mccain? caller: at the time, yes. i thought that was a very difficult election. you did not really have your heard 100% on anything. i think people will be more passionate this time around because a lot of issues that have upset the american public, and i think the funding of planned parenthood, especially. for people who are not terribly conservative, it's just wrong. i think abortion and killing is murder. i do not support murder. host: that is geraldine, a mitt romney supporter in pennsylvania. nex
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caller: i am very concerned for my freedom of religion. analysts familiar with -- i am most familiar with mitt romney's it is. i was just listening to rick santorum a little while ago on your previous program and he scare is made. i am really afraid for my freedom of religion. that is the first thing. the second thing is, i want to know where he wants to -- he is talking about cutting entitlements. is my social security -- is that an entitlement? would he cut that? or medicare? i am disabled. i actually have two disabilities. i am worried about that, as well. host: thank you for the call. rick santorum -- santorum is ahead in the missouri carcasses. he seemed poised to capture missouri again yesterday, a potentially giving him the momentum into another crucial mid will show down. he was awarded the show me state's beauty pageant vote last month. election's bizarre rules led republicans to turn out again yesterday for caucuses. -- host: b. "new york daily news" is talking about rick santorum, also. host: the idea of an open convention is a
caller: i am very concerned for my freedom of religion. analysts familiar with -- i am most familiar with mitt romney's it is. i was just listening to rick santorum a little while ago on your previous program and he scare is made. i am really afraid for my freedom of religion. that is the first thing. the second thing is, i want to know where he wants to -- he is talking about cutting entitlements. is my social security -- is that an entitlement? would he cut that? or medicare? i am disabled. i...
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i do not think that is a part of the religion. the christian part of obama's history, they made him to announce that. i know that that is what he believes in. i converted to islam because it is more protective of the traditional roles of the father and mother at home. i think that is a positive situation for democracy, taking with enough of welfare, and we do not have the game in prison situation that we would have here. israel, i do not think we should follow their lead because i think the world looks at how americans get along with each other, not at how israel gets along with america, and their approach in religion is an eye for eni, not following the christian an -- an ey, and note following christian beliefs. we need to make our own decisions, even though israel says their point to follow their own test. i think they believe they are defined people, and i think that is a religious falsehood. americans do not have to follow the abraham was for all people. he never said the jewish people were better than any other race on the e
i do not think that is a part of the religion. the christian part of obama's history, they made him to announce that. i know that that is what he believes in. i converted to islam because it is more protective of the traditional roles of the father and mother at home. i think that is a positive situation for democracy, taking with enough of welfare, and we do not have the game in prison situation that we would have here. israel, i do not think we should follow their lead because i think the...
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a lot of people don't know about the mormon religion. i have my issue with that religion. i am a christian. i don't think gay marriage is right, but two grown men have the right to make this decision. there's a lot of things christians don't agree with that goes on in society. i think it is sad that people consider themselves christian have not taken on this issue in a better way. if there's many ways you can talk about, sexuality. a man can use a hammer to cut would. i don't hate him for that. i just don't believe a hammer is designed to do that. to cut wood. i believe a chain saw is meant for that. we will see what happens later in the election. host: jim is another independent. caller: of wanted to make a prediction about -- back a few years ago i went to morocco. they have a tourist attraction. one of the attractions is a palace where a king lived. he had 365 withes. he died with 500 kids and 900 and grandchildren. -- 365 wives. the next thing that needs to be asked is about multiple marriages, because i think that is what is coming. somebody from the news agency needs
a lot of people don't know about the mormon religion. i have my issue with that religion. i am a christian. i don't think gay marriage is right, but two grown men have the right to make this decision. there's a lot of things christians don't agree with that goes on in society. i think it is sad that people consider themselves christian have not taken on this issue in a better way. if there's many ways you can talk about, sexuality. a man can use a hammer to cut would. i don't hate him for that....
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congress shall make no law or curbing the free exercise thereof religion. it is a secular rule of law. our laws do not heed religious exercise and not supposed to enforce religious dogma their instruments of the state. host: here is a piece that you wrote. host: why? guest: is a case and the court chose to take it. the decision in 2003 was one of the narrow 5-4 decisions. it takes five votes to have a majority. sen the day of a diner has since retired from the court -- sandra day o'connor has since retired from the court. there is an expectation that justice alito will not share racials o'connor's of diversity on campus. that is -- a lawyer with the citizens united case. justice o'connor had been in the five-vote majority. her successor saw things differently so the court reversed an opinion that justice o'connor wrote. int: let's hear from richard florida, an independent. you are on with jess bravin of "the wall street journal." caller: i do not see why nine people should be able to tell 310 million people what they can do what they cannot do. how can you
congress shall make no law or curbing the free exercise thereof religion. it is a secular rule of law. our laws do not heed religious exercise and not supposed to enforce religious dogma their instruments of the state. host: here is a piece that you wrote. host: why? guest: is a case and the court chose to take it. the decision in 2003 was one of the narrow 5-4 decisions. it takes five votes to have a majority. sen the day of a diner has since retired from the court -- sandra day o'connor has...
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e.ur rights seem to trump min i have the right to practice my religion. it is the first amendment rights. this is america. the supreme court said the nazis have the right to say with the want to, but republicans do not? republican women do not have a table ormily's anyone's table. look at what you have done to any conservative woman. guest: we focus specifically on electing democratic women. that is what we have been doing for 27 years. when emily's list started, and no democratic women had won the congressional election in her own right ever. that was 27 years ago. across the board, we need more women to run. we need more republican women to run. i call on all women to find a way to run for office today. i do believe when there are more women at the table we're going to end up with a much better dialogue. list disagreed with republican women counterparts on policy issues? we do. but i believe more women involved in politics is going to help this country. i am concerned about the republican party right now. it has moved so far out of the mainstream that a
e.ur rights seem to trump min i have the right to practice my religion. it is the first amendment rights. this is america. the supreme court said the nazis have the right to say with the want to, but republicans do not? republican women do not have a table ormily's anyone's table. look at what you have done to any conservative woman. guest: we focus specifically on electing democratic women. that is what we have been doing for 27 years. when emily's list started, and no democratic women had won...
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caller: those that believe strongly that all religions must be destroyed except for the islam religion. even those peaceful ones, when it comes down to the end, they are going to stand by the koran they are carrying if they are opening it up and saying all people ought to be destroyed that don't belong to the fake prophet mohammad always talks about. host: all right. aliza, we'll let you go, with that point. joe rearms, a student who twittered is back to our issue on the blunt amendment. he asks why the conservative creans dislike american women? it's the women who should decide their medical care, not their employers. cal ma as you, christine is a democratic there. are you there? all right. we're going to move on. sorry about that. conway, new hampshire. katherine, independent. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i have been asking a question, and i still haven't gotten an answer. but i have been wondering why pilot vote for the representatives and senators to congress. the people hire the representatives and senators. and why do they get to congress and then they get to
caller: those that believe strongly that all religions must be destroyed except for the islam religion. even those peaceful ones, when it comes down to the end, they are going to stand by the koran they are carrying if they are opening it up and saying all people ought to be destroyed that don't belong to the fake prophet mohammad always talks about. host: all right. aliza, we'll let you go, with that point. joe rearms, a student who twittered is back to our issue on the blunt amendment. he...
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caller: religion to me is manmade. it's organized. your relationship and your faith and your spirituality has nothing to do with manmade religion. so that's what i want to say about that. but i want to go back to what she said earlier about qaddafi being the enemy to also the african nations. that's not true. qaddafi was not an enemy of the african nations. i mean, he helped them, you know, build their telecommunications system that was controlled by france and they were paying exorbitant amount of money and imf and the world bank would not giet them o help create their own telecommunications system and qaddafi helped them. qaddafi was going to help the african nations build their own central bank. i think qaddafi was killed because of currency, what he was doing to make the african nations independent of the west. host: theresa, thanks for the call. guest: thank you, theresa. there are over 50 countries in africa and some of them had decent relations with qaddafi in part because they bought oil from libya. and qaddafi used some of hi
caller: religion to me is manmade. it's organized. your relationship and your faith and your spirituality has nothing to do with manmade religion. so that's what i want to say about that. but i want to go back to what she said earlier about qaddafi being the enemy to also the african nations. that's not true. qaddafi was not an enemy of the african nations. i mean, he helped them, you know, build their telecommunications system that was controlled by france and they were paying exorbitant...
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guest: that's a safe way for romney to talk about religion because he stays away from religion quite a bit, i think probably just a little nervous about his mormonism but that is basic doctrine of the n.r.a., he said friday, basically, god gave us guns and that is something that folks want to hear. it doesn't ring true to me with romney. whole thing you can come to understand about romney, i don't think he cares about those kinds of things as he sounds. he's just saying what he knows a lot of those folks want to hear. host: patricia is on the phone, st. paul, minnesota, republican line. welcome to the program. good morning. caller: thank you, c-span very much and craig crawford, as a republican, i've enjoyed your style and speaking and whenever i see that you're on, i stop and listen. guest: i appreciate that! caller: you're welcome. my question, i hope that you do address, this issue of c pacs and the republicans, all you hear about is how much money they're going to make and they have unleashed something horrible. but let's look back to 2008 in barack obama's campaign and his secre
guest: that's a safe way for romney to talk about religion because he stays away from religion quite a bit, i think probably just a little nervous about his mormonism but that is basic doctrine of the n.r.a., he said friday, basically, god gave us guns and that is something that folks want to hear. it doesn't ring true to me with romney. whole thing you can come to understand about romney, i don't think he cares about those kinds of things as he sounds. he's just saying what he knows a lot of...
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guest: this is not a religion. -- caller: this is not a religion. this hospital is in business to make money or at least survive to provide this care. host: so, tony perkins should the catholic related charities and hospitals be treated like businesses? guest: i also worked at a hospital at night, when i came out of the marine corps. i was not an orderly though. i work in security. i would be pulled in to assist with some things, help with cpr helping doctors that were short-handed. these are non-profit hospitals. we go back to the history of this country, it was churches that started the first hospitals in this country. they continue to do so and continue to do that today the percentage off of the tahoe ahead but if they were forced out of business because they were forced to violate the teachings of their faith we would have a crisis of health care in this country. we need to respect the party first, who remain in communities and respect their religious views. that is simply all the they are asking for, and i do based upon the first amendment. hos
guest: this is not a religion. -- caller: this is not a religion. this hospital is in business to make money or at least survive to provide this care. host: so, tony perkins should the catholic related charities and hospitals be treated like businesses? guest: i also worked at a hospital at night, when i came out of the marine corps. i was not an orderly though. i work in security. i would be pulled in to assist with some things, help with cpr helping doctors that were short-handed. these are...
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i do not believe that it is between or has anything to do with religion. i think that it has to do with the person, the woman between her and her doctor, as well as contraceptives. something that a woman needs to have good health. i think that rick santorum goes overboard. his wife lived with a man that was a senior and started an abortion clinic. so, he has to overdo it. he has to our right everything on this, overcompensating like travis. when they become -- like drug addicts. when they become clean, they overdo it. when they talk about it. host: what about that separation between church and state? guest: it is a very good question. how do you get any money from federal or state governments? when i was lieutenant governor, we had faith based programming. what we would do -- there were terrific organizations involved in baltimore city. we would give them money, but they could not use the money to proselytize. they could help of hospitals and homeless shelters. they did a terrific job. they could not use it to proselytize. they set up a separate organizati
i do not believe that it is between or has anything to do with religion. i think that it has to do with the person, the woman between her and her doctor, as well as contraceptives. something that a woman needs to have good health. i think that rick santorum goes overboard. his wife lived with a man that was a senior and started an abortion clinic. so, he has to overdo it. he has to our right everything on this, overcompensating like travis. when they become -- like drug addicts. when they...
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well, this country was founded on different relidges relidgens and mormon is a christian religion. so would people rather have a muslim -- host: the spt not a muslim and i think you know that. but let's talk about the subject of religion north carolina being a big state on the bible belt and what's the feeling as far as you've been able to see regarding governor romney and his mormonism in north carolina? guest: first of all, i would just like to say that i agree with nancy to the extent that this country was founded on religious freedom so i do not think that someone's religion could come into the conversation in a negative manner. and as you stated president obama is a christian and not a muslim so that's something that needs to be made clear. it just happens to be that he's a christian and that's what he is. but that's a conversation that we should not get into the weeds on when that's not supposed the crux of our election when we are a country that was founded on our religious freedom host: our next caller is from william. caller: how are you doing? guest: well. how are you? ca
well, this country was founded on different relidges relidgens and mormon is a christian religion. so would people rather have a muslim -- host: the spt not a muslim and i think you know that. but let's talk about the subject of religion north carolina being a big state on the bible belt and what's the feeling as far as you've been able to see regarding governor romney and his mormonism in north carolina? guest: first of all, i would just like to say that i agree with nancy to the extent that...
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it is just part of being in the christian religion. host: the legal attack on the diplomatic mission in libya has created an unexpected casualty. the white house hopes president obama will remain unscathed on foreign policy issues in the presidential race. guest: it is especially difficult. one thing president obama ram on fort years ago is he had a unique ability to reach out to the muslim world and make things better. i believe that. based on speeches he has given and some of the stagecraft suggesting president obama has moved the u.s. away from israel, it has opened a new rift. the situation in libya, because we're dealing with islamic extremists who committed a terrorist attack and assassinated our ambassador, it speaks to the larger issue of whether president obama will make things better in the middle east. i would argue he has not. i would argue he made things worse. anyone would agree things are not better their than before he took office. debbie.t's go to caller: i am from michigan. i appreciate your comment about a earthlings
it is just part of being in the christian religion. host: the legal attack on the diplomatic mission in libya has created an unexpected casualty. the white house hopes president obama will remain unscathed on foreign policy issues in the presidential race. guest: it is especially difficult. one thing president obama ram on fort years ago is he had a unique ability to reach out to the muslim world and make things better. i believe that. based on speeches he has given and some of the stagecraft...
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they moved over from albania, primarily muslim, a different religion, torn away. look at the soviet union. they fell into 15 different countries. what country came together? germany. those are our kinfolk over there. these things are important. you are not allowed to talk about them. if you are not allowed to talk about the things that will kill you, that is a problem. host: this was from a bbc radio interview with a young european who says the young generation thinks themselves as european. she referenced the u.s. as a collection of states and they see that as a positive to become a united europe. >> that is very true for a part of europe. scott lynn wants to break away. -- scott lind wants to break away. -- scotland wants to break away. look at those parties that are rising. every one of them in switzerland. every country in europe now has a party that is basically ethno-nationalist and wants to preserve the native culture. the chinese do understand this book. they are terrified of this. they want their own country. east turkistan. the same with tibet. they won
they moved over from albania, primarily muslim, a different religion, torn away. look at the soviet union. they fell into 15 different countries. what country came together? germany. those are our kinfolk over there. these things are important. you are not allowed to talk about them. if you are not allowed to talk about the things that will kill you, that is a problem. host: this was from a bbc radio interview with a young european who says the young generation thinks themselves as european....
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the best majority of religions around the world teach that sex outside of marriage is wrong and immoral. it is a widely shared value. while we do know from the data we have is that very few people do under this notion. 98% of people who are married will say they did have sex before marriage. we have tension between teaching and actual behavior. the notion of taking sex seriously, thinking about the larger impact, obviously what it means for children, who you get pregnant with under what circumstances and when, those are important parts of this conversation. one of the reasons these rates have gone down and there are so many, but one it is there has been conversations about sex having meaning, consequences. think about it. think about that in your faith traditions and in terms of what it means for children. i think those issues have become more part of the public conversation. host: where do federally-funded abstinence programs fit in? guest: there has been some funding for abstinence programs and more comprehensive ones. the way our organization and i think a lot of people think about i
the best majority of religions around the world teach that sex outside of marriage is wrong and immoral. it is a widely shared value. while we do know from the data we have is that very few people do under this notion. 98% of people who are married will say they did have sex before marriage. we have tension between teaching and actual behavior. the notion of taking sex seriously, thinking about the larger impact, obviously what it means for children, who you get pregnant with under what...
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i think it was built on the christian ethic, and i am not talking about religion. and i am talking about a true heart where it was love your neighbor as yourself. people talk a lot about if we raise taxes, it will be just put on to the people in the higher keep theoods, so let's taxes low. what no one ever talks about is how about the people who have their money, how it is going to sell for france and have their expensive cars and $1,000 suits, number one, a person does not mean those things, because if you have god and have your health and shelter, clothing, basics, and have the ability to love, what do you really need? we come into this life naked, we leave this like naked. host: we have your point on the policy part of it. you have some very good point. i recommend a book called capitalism, socialism, and democracy. he brooded over a long time. he started to look ahead towards the future of american capitalism and was worried about it, because he thought there would be a declining influence of religion and traditional values as we became more of a super rational
i think it was built on the christian ethic, and i am not talking about religion. and i am talking about a true heart where it was love your neighbor as yourself. people talk a lot about if we raise taxes, it will be just put on to the people in the higher keep theoods, so let's taxes low. what no one ever talks about is how about the people who have their money, how it is going to sell for france and have their expensive cars and $1,000 suits, number one, a person does not mean those things,...
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caller: religion has a lot to do with everything. if you're a christian, you would understand that, thank you. host: our question is whether you have a fear of a double dip recession. this is in line with the election year. you could also join the conversation on our twitter page and facebook. william is on the phone from florida, good morning. go ahead. caller: fla.? ok, i find it funny that we have a recession when the 1% are spending billions of dollars. i don't see how we are having a recession when we have the top 1% spending $1 billion to break obama down in spending -- instead of spending 5 cents to help somebody. it does not make sense. host: mark is on the fund from milford, new hampshire, republican line, good morning. caller: i have a fear -- i think it would be like a triple-dip recession. we originally had a recession in 2008 when bush was in office. i think we have already had a double dip recession since president obama took office. i'm worried about a third time going down. host: wreckage from fairview, tenn., in the
caller: religion has a lot to do with everything. if you're a christian, you would understand that, thank you. host: our question is whether you have a fear of a double dip recession. this is in line with the election year. you could also join the conversation on our twitter page and facebook. william is on the phone from florida, good morning. go ahead. caller: fla.? ok, i find it funny that we have a recession when the 1% are spending billions of dollars. i don't see how we are having a...
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mitt romney, even in the mormon religion is discrimination towards blacks. the united states need to get their own act together in order to be formed a perfect union where everybody's equal and have a chance. host: tomy, thanks so much. joe on twitter writes whatever our place is, it's not this. we tend to be unforgiving and belligerent like the world's school playground bully. we'll go to john on the independent line from pleasant prairie, wisconsin. good morning, john. caller: good morning. my point is basically that we are calling largely on our military to give us dominance well, well into the future. and there are two flaws with that. one is -- a new generation of weapon can come along and obsolete our navy, our air force, anything. it's happened many times in history. simple things like the english with their fast ships against the spanish ships. when britain built the first boat and germany was even with them. and it drained their country's resources to rebuild their whole navy to -- and we're transferring so much technology to china and they're getti
mitt romney, even in the mormon religion is discrimination towards blacks. the united states need to get their own act together in order to be formed a perfect union where everybody's equal and have a chance. host: tomy, thanks so much. joe on twitter writes whatever our place is, it's not this. we tend to be unforgiving and belligerent like the world's school playground bully. we'll go to john on the independent line from pleasant prairie, wisconsin. good morning, john. caller: good morning....
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religion 15%. guest: those are interesting. l one is just how committed you are to religion. when we started this democrat where is just as religious as republicans to pray every day and insist of the existence of god. but today there's a secularization and growing number of people. still a minority who no longer hold that strong faith and that's concentrated between independents and democrats. republicans have stayed strong in their faith and that trend has led to more of a divide between parties that didn't exist. host: there's a number. 15-14% in the area of personal finance? guest: here wear looking how comfortable you feel finishly and republicans have typically felt more secure than democrats. they typically be little higher income and there's consist consistent divide that speaks to a broader issue. there's a lot of talk about class and the 99% and how people see class. our the difinds remarkable stability. class is a big class divide. wealthy people and poor people take different views of roles of government. there are wide gaps but they have neither widens or narrowe
religion 15%. guest: those are interesting. l one is just how committed you are to religion. when we started this democrat where is just as religious as republicans to pray every day and insist of the existence of god. but today there's a secularization and growing number of people. still a minority who no longer hold that strong faith and that's concentrated between independents and democrats. republicans have stayed strong in their faith and that trend has led to more of a divide between...
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boundaries of this state -- state that has full citizenship and her dissipation regardless of their religion or race or ethnic background. the people who live in gaza, the people in west bank, we are very hopeful we can get the peac negotiationse started and we can have to state side by side -- hopefully we can get the peace negotiations started. host: george, you are on the air. caller: my name is george. i am an american citizen. originally from syria. christian background. i do feel that u.s. involvement in syria would eventually lead to the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of christians in syria. they have to be very careful. the u.s. needs to be very careful and not just support israel. syria going down will help israel and we have no problem with that. but the u.s. needs to be very careful about the syrian population of christian background. i was willing to help the u.s. effort in iraq as a linguist. i wish the united states would listen to the christian community in syria, the only community that has got along with a muslims all over the muslim world. guest: the syrian population i
boundaries of this state -- state that has full citizenship and her dissipation regardless of their religion or race or ethnic background. the people who live in gaza, the people in west bank, we are very hopeful we can get the peac negotiationse started and we can have to state side by side -- hopefully we can get the peace negotiations started. host: george, you are on the air. caller: my name is george. i am an american citizen. originally from syria. christian background. i do feel that...
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we do a lot of fact checking of change e-mails, which often pass along these kind of claims about religion and more personal things. we spent a lot of energy in the 2008 campaign. we checked some of the claims that were made against john mccain and about this service as a prisoner of war. we take a lot of claims about obama, the claims that he was a muslim. there was one change e-mail that said the book of revelation portrayed the antichrist in a description that sounded remarkably like barack obama. it turns out the book of revelation did not say that. we do check a lot of those things. we have not made specific facts about the mormon faith. to the extent that the bubble up, and not just from the candidates, but even in things like jean e-mails, we will fact check those. host: davis calling from the independent-minded florida. caller: good morning. i hate to get off topic, but i just want -- i'm from the tampa bay area, but i would like him to check a couple. of couple the preamble of the constitution says to secure the blessings of liberty. the definition of liberty is to do what one cho
we do a lot of fact checking of change e-mails, which often pass along these kind of claims about religion and more personal things. we spent a lot of energy in the 2008 campaign. we checked some of the claims that were made against john mccain and about this service as a prisoner of war. we take a lot of claims about obama, the claims that he was a muslim. there was one change e-mail that said the book of revelation portrayed the antichrist in a description that sounded remarkably like barack...
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the reason is religion. no one in the south or midwest that are born-again christians are going to vote for a mormon. it is a fact that the national media has missed. and i think it is a matter of not being so conservative, is a matter of not being christian enough in the south. you have a fine program, by the way. thank you. host: before you go, i want to show you and poll. faith shrinks as a factor. caller: i think it's much more than that. no one will admit to it being religious, but there's a lot of that, i believe. all you have to do is look at the amount of literature -- anti-mormon literature that has been distributed in the south and midwest to born-again christians. you would be surprised at the venom that exists. host: paula, rick santorum supporter in mineral wells, texas. what do you think about last night's primaries? caller: i think romney [unintelligible] host: what's that? .aller: i don't trust romney [inaudible] .aybe i don't like them either santorum would be a better candidate. host: do yo
the reason is religion. no one in the south or midwest that are born-again christians are going to vote for a mormon. it is a fact that the national media has missed. and i think it is a matter of not being so conservative, is a matter of not being christian enough in the south. you have a fine program, by the way. thank you. host: before you go, i want to show you and poll. faith shrinks as a factor. caller: i think it's much more than that. no one will admit to it being religious, but there's...
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there's different religions, and they don't want to accept that. they don't want to change their mindset. so, in the end, they campaign about the media coverage being biased, but when they look at it, the media coverage is not reflecting -- i mean, it's small, because their views are small. i think the media adequately reflects what the larger part of society feels. host: when you hear that somebody is a fox news watcher, do you immediately assume or think of them as potentially racist? caller: i do. because fox news, that's all -- i wish they knew people. i wish they knew other views. you know, the way they bash president obama, i mean, if he were white, you know, it would be different. i think they would look at it differently. i just don't think that -- i just think they're narrow-minded. they probably don't think they're racist, you know, but it's just how they put things out there, how they portray different groups and different people. you know, for instance, the muslims, they're just bad people. i'm a muslim, you know? why would they think t
there's different religions, and they don't want to accept that. they don't want to change their mindset. so, in the end, they campaign about the media coverage being biased, but when they look at it, the media coverage is not reflecting -- i mean, it's small, because their views are small. i think the media adequately reflects what the larger part of society feels. host: when you hear that somebody is a fox news watcher, do you immediately assume or think of them as potentially racist? caller:...
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i believe and the freedom of religion. it is up to the church, whether they are gay or condoned gay marriage. that should be a private choice and those churches. however, when it comes to legal aspects of marriage, legal rights, that is what this amendment does. the courts cannot change with the lot is direct constitutional amendment. back to yourgo comment on the article. with regards to myself and my company, it did not happen. citizens united protect the rights of liberal corporations, such as pro-choice and groups to spend money and unions as well. host: a tweet i want to read for you. we will go back to the phones in louisville, ky. on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a question about getting the conservative message out to college students. as everybody knows, the conservative message is apparently not ringing in the years of college students. i have a recent college grad and a daughter about to enter college. what can we do to educate our young people on campuses? they're going to be g
i believe and the freedom of religion. it is up to the church, whether they are gay or condoned gay marriage. that should be a private choice and those churches. however, when it comes to legal aspects of marriage, legal rights, that is what this amendment does. the courts cannot change with the lot is direct constitutional amendment. back to yourgo comment on the article. with regards to myself and my company, it did not happen. citizens united protect the rights of liberal corporations, such...
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our government in part of the world is looked as a government without justice and without any real religion. that's number one, number two i think usama bin laden, qaddafi, and also saddam hussein, all these guys should have been brought to trial but the reason they were not brought to trial is because they would have been the guys who really wake the american people up to what our government is really doing over there in that part of the world. this gentleman is bringing out a lot of points but the people who could have really woke us up not from our own government, this guy is a little light in the dark but the reason they had to be killed, he's saying mr. usama bin laden would have been speaking to the islamic world. they knew what he had to say. they knew his doctrine, his ideology and his philosophy. host: thanks for the call from maryland. guest: you might have a good point there. but the ability of the mainstream media to twist what and excerpt and cut what bin laden was saying, you know, you would probably had to tune into al jazeera or somewhere else to get the whole gist of it. ou
our government in part of the world is looked as a government without justice and without any real religion. that's number one, number two i think usama bin laden, qaddafi, and also saddam hussein, all these guys should have been brought to trial but the reason they were not brought to trial is because they would have been the guys who really wake the american people up to what our government is really doing over there in that part of the world. this gentleman is bringing out a lot of points...
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i do not think that romney's religion is a central problem. in 2008, the american electorate showed they would vote for people who were unconventional. i think the romney problem stems from inability to connect and understand people. the interview that did not get a lot of attention but what was interesting was when he was hobbies.out his wife's cop her horse is in the land. he said he did not even know what day it was at. the normal voter looks for how a husband answers. that is the problem he has. he does not relate to people as a person or a human. he relates to people in getting the job done. guest: if you ask a key question, who will do a better job? in every poll, mitt romney leads by double digits. so all those components lead to a close race. this is exactly what we're talking about here which is everyone is going to get wrapped up in the day to day and it's going to be some good brace for barack obama, some good gays for mitt romney but i believe the last two weeks of the election, the race will be where it is today, a dead heat. >> e
i do not think that romney's religion is a central problem. in 2008, the american electorate showed they would vote for people who were unconventional. i think the romney problem stems from inability to connect and understand people. the interview that did not get a lot of attention but what was interesting was when he was hobbies.out his wife's cop her horse is in the land. he said he did not even know what day it was at. the normal voter looks for how a husband answers. that is the problem he...
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caller: first of all, my comments are not against his religion. host: are you referring to his christianity? caller: no. his nationality. his color, or whatever. any president can succeed despite his color. is is just his politics. there were a lot of people that i'm sure were swayed thinking he would beat real change. we are not honest in the united states anymore as far as calling our political party what they are. over in europe they will say this is a socialist party. that is what we need to define in the united states instead of getting back and downgrading the tea party or what ever. we need to find out and know what the democratic party stands for. we find out they are supposed to be whatever. lots of them, i believe, are socialists. we should out them for that. host: you are referring to the president's political persuasion, not his nationality as an american? caller: yes. host: let's talk about connie who is a democrat from chicago. caller: i think she is wrong. i think that given president obama's race, which was so eloquently put forth
caller: first of all, my comments are not against his religion. host: are you referring to his christianity? caller: no. his nationality. his color, or whatever. any president can succeed despite his color. is is just his politics. there were a lot of people that i'm sure were swayed thinking he would beat real change. we are not honest in the united states anymore as far as calling our political party what they are. over in europe they will say this is a socialist party. that is what we need...
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just on a slight note, i think it is great people have their religions. but if they do have their faith atever, i assume that the person they were shipped as not just watch over the united states. again, i would like to thank you c-span. host: ron, a republican in virginia. good morning. what you think about this? what is next for the u.s.? caller: i will not be bashing the end -- bashing the u.s. in in the army. way to go when, be done. host: boots on the ground then? military involvement? you think military involvement, boots on the ground? caller: yes. the boots on the ground of for sure. we do not need to debate it. we need to protect the people, full force, and knocked it out, be done. we are the united states of america. we can and have shown we are due this -- we can do this. host: are you in the military? what do you do? caller: i am in the army and i do whatever is asked of me. host: have you been deployed overseas? to afghanistan, iraq? caller: yes, ma'am. host: what do you think about the callers who said we cannot be the police of the world? c
just on a slight note, i think it is great people have their religions. but if they do have their faith atever, i assume that the person they were shipped as not just watch over the united states. again, i would like to thank you c-span. host: ron, a republican in virginia. good morning. what you think about this? what is next for the u.s.? caller: i will not be bashing the end -- bashing the u.s. in in the army. way to go when, be done. host: boots on the ground then? military involvement? you...
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doors of opportunity have been opened wider for all americans regardless of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. during my time here in washington we have had our first female secretary of state nominated and confirmed, and our first african-american president elected and reelected. it will forever remain one of my deepest honors, thanks to vice president al gore, i was given the opportunity to be the first jewish american nominated by a major political party for national office. and, incidentally, thanks to the american people, grateful to have received a half trillion more votes than my opponent on the other side. [laughter] but that is a longer story. while there is still much work to do and many problems to be solved, i believe we can and should approach our future with a confidence that is based on the real and substantial progress we have made together. what is required now is to solve the urgent problems we still have. what is really required to do that is leadership. leadership of a kind that is never easy but which we as americans know we can sum
doors of opportunity have been opened wider for all americans regardless of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. during my time here in washington we have had our first female secretary of state nominated and confirmed, and our first african-american president elected and reelected. it will forever remain one of my deepest honors, thanks to vice president al gore, i was given the opportunity to be the first jewish american nominated by a major political...
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he never talks about religion because he is an arab. host: what do you think about campaign 2012 and your vote? have you decided who you are voting for? caller: yes. host: well, we are talking to undecided voters this morning. robert, michigan, are you with us? caller: [unintelligible] host: we are having some phone trouble there, so we're going on to our next call. gino, rhode island. caller: i just want to talk about the fact that i want to see someone say something about our inadequate tax laws. you have these foreign corporations, american corporations that operate overseas and pay no taxes. companies like general electric, apple, mobile, exxon, they make huge amounts of money. they have to dollar or $3 trillion and will not bring that money into the united states unless they get some kind of special tax deal. the last time they repatriated any money it was at 5%. these corporation should be paying 30%. they want to wait until they pass a wall where they can bring the money back with no taxes, or 5%. we also have the fact that peopl
he never talks about religion because he is an arab. host: what do you think about campaign 2012 and your vote? have you decided who you are voting for? caller: yes. host: well, we are talking to undecided voters this morning. robert, michigan, are you with us? caller: [unintelligible] host: we are having some phone trouble there, so we're going on to our next call. gino, rhode island. caller: i just want to talk about the fact that i want to see someone say something about our inadequate tax...
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this health-care thing is an unconstitutional attempt, for other religions that believe that abortion is a sin, to have to pay for abortions. host: professor amar? guest: i am a christian, too. sometimes my taxes have to go toward things that are immoral. suppose it is a war that is going on, and i think it is unjust and and and christian war, but i can be taxed because the constitution says that if you are represented you can be taxed. if you do not like it, vote against the representative. host: next caller, from west virginia. you are on. caller: i am a war veteran, and i get my health care taking care of. but i have been watching this debate about the individual mandate and everything and how it is costing other people to take care of the poor people. i have come to the conclusion that all the poor people are going to go on medicaid. if they cannot afford it, they are going on medicaid, and the people that are taking care of now, paying for it, they complain about paying for the poor people. they are going to wind up paying more anyway. through medicaid or what have you. what i re
this health-care thing is an unconstitutional attempt, for other religions that believe that abortion is a sin, to have to pay for abortions. host: professor amar? guest: i am a christian, too. sometimes my taxes have to go toward things that are immoral. suppose it is a war that is going on, and i think it is unjust and and and christian war, but i can be taxed because the constitution says that if you are represented you can be taxed. if you do not like it, vote against the representative....
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i guess you mean less government and more religion? please, give me a break. they're like a cloud, you know? they really are? >> before we wrap up this segment, we want to take you ever so briefly to south carolina because that's the next stop on the 21st after new hampshire. here's the front page of the "post & courier" today. charleston, south carolina. the coast, they right, could be the key for mitt romney. the impressive performance along the coast, a competitive showing, and more socially conservative upstate counties running slightly ahead across south carolina's mid lands. a strategy that propelled senator mccain to a narrow 33% win here four years ago. a blueprint, they write, could build similar success for mitt romney on january 21. we have a short piece from our news makers' program. if you're not familiar with, runs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. on this network. 10:00 a.m. eastern time with a replay at 6:00 p.m. the news maker guest is chad connolly, the south carolina gop chairman. at 10:00 a.m., he'll talk in part habit -- about the ground games of
i guess you mean less government and more religion? please, give me a break. they're like a cloud, you know? they really are? >> before we wrap up this segment, we want to take you ever so briefly to south carolina because that's the next stop on the 21st after new hampshire. here's the front page of the "post & courier" today. charleston, south carolina. the coast, they right, could be the key for mitt romney. the impressive performance along the coast, a competitive...
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from race discrimination to national origin discrimination, to religion discrimination, to fighting over our farm bill. if we don't want to be in a class-action, we opt out. this legislation puts sex discrimination, which discrimination cases, in the exact same footing of the other examples. guest: i am concerned about opt out, the notion being that people would automatically be included in these class-action lawsuits. host: you would not give your written consent to guest:? it extends the amount of time under which you can file prepared if it is decades later that you think you were discriminated against, it gets harder and harder to have anything to prove. you are so remote from the situation at that point. i understand having some leeway but this is extending it in a way that will help trial lawyers rather than the people. host: i hope it extends the time. that's what happens to lilly ledbetter years and years after she should have known but could not possibly have known she was being discriminated against because her salary differential compared to the man was a secret, she discovere
from race discrimination to national origin discrimination, to religion discrimination, to fighting over our farm bill. if we don't want to be in a class-action, we opt out. this legislation puts sex discrimination, which discrimination cases, in the exact same footing of the other examples. guest: i am concerned about opt out, the notion being that people would automatically be included in these class-action lawsuits. host: you would not give your written consent to guest:? it extends the...
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also this weekend, religion in america. tonight at 8:00. sunday night, understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. every weekend on c-span2. >> the conspirators planned was to have the street lined with their guys, part of whom would create a distraction so any police escort would be drawn away and the rest would close in for the kill. >> 1861, allan pinkerton uncovers evidence of a possible plot to kill the presidential e lacked. -- elect. also this weekend, the origins of the cold war. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. sunday at 7:30 p.m., fdr's inner circle of advisers and their role in planning the world war. "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen, tom tarantino, iraq & afghanistan veterans of america, the senior legislative associate. how does your organization best get jobs? guest: we are the first non- partisan non-profit organization for veterans of iraq and afghanistan. we have to redefine how we deliver services to veterans of iraq and afghanistan primar
also this weekend, religion in america. tonight at 8:00. sunday night, understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. every weekend on c-span2. >> the conspirators planned was to have the street lined with their guys, part of whom would create a distraction so any police escort would be drawn away and the rest would close in for the kill. >> 1861, allan pinkerton uncovers evidence of a possible plot to kill the presidential e lacked. -- elect. also this weekend, the...
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george nash on executive branch decisions starting with the second world war and also jeff charlotte on religion on america. sunday night at 8:15, jay weather conditionsler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. book tv every weekend on c-span 2. "washington journal" continues. host: and now joining us on the "washington journal" is representative joe wilson a republican of south carolina. representative wilson, we were talking with our viewers this morning about the x.l. pipeline decision by the president. if you could weigh in on that. guest: certainly. thank you for raising the issues. i've enjoyed listening to the comments and it's clear to me, it's jobs. i had the opportunity to visit alberta, canada, and i know the issue of jobs in that the tires which are used in the earth moving equipment there in alberta made in lexington, south carolina, we have 300-500 people making the tires. it concerns me. these are nice tires, about $12 feet high and cost about $60,000 each. so sadly what the president is doing is affecting jobs not just in south carolina and grateful the
george nash on executive branch decisions starting with the second world war and also jeff charlotte on religion on america. sunday night at 8:15, jay weather conditionsler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. book tv every weekend on c-span 2. "washington journal" continues. host: and now joining us on the "washington journal" is representative joe wilson a republican of south carolina. representative wilson, we were talking with our viewers this...
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i think that he really wanted to see the world in a better place and he thought that the speech and religion and government help us. >> what about the other side? >> will connor, for example, he was the birmingham health commissioner back during the 1960's in the civil rights movement. he dumping laws that said there were boycotts and he said that african-americans shouldn't do this, they shouldn't do that and he use his first amendment rights. and he also petitions them saying that they shouldn't be able to have the same right as caucasian. >> how important do you think the first amendment was during the civil rights movement? >> i honestly believe that if the first amendment bhnt part of the bill of rights we wouldn't have civil rights voting act until 1965 or we wouldn't have the civil rights act of 1964. i think the first amendment truly is the best amendment there is in the constitution because it entitles us to our opinions. otherwise, we wouldn't know our differences, we wouldn't know what wouldn't be this or that and we wouldn't have creative ways or creative people and that's a grea
i think that he really wanted to see the world in a better place and he thought that the speech and religion and government help us. >> what about the other side? >> will connor, for example, he was the birmingham health commissioner back during the 1960's in the civil rights movement. he dumping laws that said there were boycotts and he said that african-americans shouldn't do this, they shouldn't do that and he use his first amendment rights. and he also petitions them saying that...